Suggestions Please, What hardware/software Options

[BobAdamson]

Hello musicmakers,

I have a few questions before I get into the meat of the subject. I am a long time Mac user (][e). My wife has a 17" Powerbook. My kids all have iMacs or Ibooks. The house is wireless. I purchased iLife to play around with GarageBand. Just as I was starting to get into it, my wife complains that she can no longer get on her Mac. See, I have my office at home and unfortunately, MY computer is a Dell. So, to keep the peace (and avoid buying another Mac for now), can anyone suggest something that might work well (I know that is redundant) on Windows?

I am a long time amatuer guitarist/keyboardist/singer/songwriter. My wife is a teacher. What I want is some kind of setup that allows me to record a few back up tracks to accompany live playing. It doesn't have to be elaborate, but I might want to do more than that, who knows? So, any suggestions?

[jklimeck]

I understand your need possibly to save money on a new Mac.

But, I have only one thing to say, Music on Windows, you are joking right?.

Garage Band on Windows?, Please let's pretend you never even mentioned that, we'll all act like we never heard any of this Windows stuff.

Simple, in OS 10.3 , use multiple users and fast user switching, your wife can have her account and setup and you can have your music setup.

It works fine, i do it here on my G5 with DP4 I use for production audio / music, keeps apps and user accounts separate.

Now things not working like they once did before you installed GB, that is par for the course with any computer, you install some piece of softwae and there is always a chance something no longer works, but 10.3 is pretty forgiving in this area.

want more help, I'd be glad to, e-mail me, jklimeck@mac.com

This post has been edited by jklimeck: Thu 6 May 2004, 21:55